SiliconNooB makes a glorious return only to find that, in his absence, Caspius and Imitanis have used up all of the news! So begins the arduous task of creating more news for the auditory delight of The Starlight Megaphone's train-enthusiast fanbase.

When SiliconNooB is out sick with an attack of Aus-Blight, Imitanis joins Caspius for a discussion of the latest progress in the Triangle Strategy playthrough, and the week's avalanche of game announcements, demo releases, and development delays.

Caspius and SiliconNooB remember the legendary cricketer Shane Warne, and launch the site playthrough of Triangle Strategy with an in-depth examination of the game's presentation and a review of reader comments about dialogue, pacing, and voice acting.

After the site playthrough of Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but before the new content patch and the announcement of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Caspius and SiliconNooB offer concluding post-playthrough thoughts, and look forward to Triangle Strategy.

Following an exceptionally light news week, Caspius, SiliconNooB, and Mel review reader progress on Pokemon Legends, discuss Nintendo's success with voice chat and N64 Online, and reminisce about 3D games of the PS1 era (and modern PS1 de-makes).

Whilst Microsoft shells out billions on acquisitions, and Sony doubles down on censorship, Nintendo releases a Nintendo Direct realising the hopes and wishes of gamers old and young, including Mother, Portal, Xenoblade, Front Mission, and Chrono Cross.

Reeling from Microsoft's buyout of ActiBlizzKing, Sony counter-punches with the buyout of Bungie, gaining exclusive access to the service game, Destiny--soon to be followed by ten (10!) further games-as-a-service properties fresh from the devs at Sony!

As Sony (literally) doubles down on VR and shells out millions for a brief graphic of PlayStation controller buttons morphing into the name of a former pop-star-sensation, Caspius and SiliconNooB focus on things that actually matter, like new Pokemon!

As Playthroughs Revisited comes to an end, the panel responds with in-depth analysis and discussion of what is probably the largest video game news story since the 1980s: Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard for seventy billion U.S. dollars.

As England sinks to final, ruinous defeat in the Ashes, Caspius and SiliconNooB cover Troy Baker's voice NFTs, Sony's self-destructive obsession with critically-panned technology, Phil Spencer's fascist intentions, and Take-Two's purchase of Zynga.